Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22

Fred Espenak

The following table delineates the path of the Moon's antumbral shadow during the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22 . The geographic coordinates (WGS 84) of the northern and southern limits and the central line are listed at 120-second intervals. This provides adequate detail for making plots of the path on larger scale maps. Local circumstances on the central line include the ratio of the apparent diameters of the Moon to the Sun, the Sun's altitude and azimuth (degrees), the path width (kilometers) and the duration on the central line (minutes and seconds).

The global visibility of the eclipse is shown on an Orthographic Map . The features of this map are described in the Key to Solar Eclipse Path Tables. The path of the eclipse is displayed in greater detail on a Google Map .


Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22

  
                                                                      M:S                 Central
Universal  Northern Limit      Southern Limit       Central Line     Diam.  Sun Sun Path   Line
         ------------------  ------------------  ------------------  Ratio  Alt Azm Width Durat.
  Time   Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude  Latitude Longitude
          °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´      °   ´     °   ´            °   °   km
  
 Limits  26 47.5S 068 09.0W  28 09.8S 069 01.9W  27 28.6S 068 35.2W  0.955   0   -  174  02m45.3s
 10:04   29 52.4S 059 26.8W  29 47.5S 064 25.2W  29 58.4S 061 30.8W  0.957   7 109  166  02m46.8s
 10:06   31 32.1S 054 15.7W  32 14.8S 056 53.8W  31 54.6S 055 30.3W  0.959  13 105  158  02m48.2s
 10:08   32 37.2S 050 33.7W  33 31.0S 052 34.2W  33 04.6S 051 31.5W  0.960  17 103  154  02m49.2s
 10:10   33 26.4S 047 31.4W  34 25.6S 049 11.3W  33 56.2S 048 19.7W  0.960  20 101  150  02m50.1s
 10:12   34 05.8S 044 53.2W  35 08.0S 046 18.9W  34 37.0S 045 34.8W  0.961  23  99  147  02m50.9s
 10:14   34 38.2S 042 31.4W  35 42.5S 043 46.5W  35 10.4S 043 07.9W  0.962  25  97  144  02m51.7s
 10:16   35 05.4S 040 21.9W  36 10.9S 041 28.3W  35 38.2S 040 54.3W  0.962  27  96  141  02m52.4s
 10:18   35 28.3S 038 22.0W  36 34.8S 039 21.1W  36 01.5S 038 50.8W  0.963  29  94  139  02m53.1s
 10:20   35 47.8S 036 29.8W  36 54.8S 037 22.7W  36 21.3S 036 55.6W  0.963  31  92  137  02m53.7s

 10:22   36 04.2S 034 44.1W  37 11.6S 035 31.4W  36 37.9S 035 07.2W  0.964  33  91  135  02m54.3s
 10:24   36 18.1S 033 03.8W  37 25.8S 033 46.2W  36 51.9S 033 24.5W  0.964  35  89  133  02m54.9s
 10:26   36 29.7S 031 28.4W  37 37.5S 032 06.2W  37 03.6S 031 46.8W  0.964  37  88  132  02m55.5s
 10:28   36 39.4S 029 57.1W  37 47.1S 030 30.7W  37 13.2S 030 13.5W  0.965  38  86  130  02m56.0s
 10:30   36 47.1S 028 29.5W  37 54.8S 028 59.3W  37 20.9S 028 44.1W  0.965  40  85  129  02m56.5s
 10:32   36 53.3S 027 05.3W  38 00.8S 027 31.5W  37 26.9S 027 18.1W  0.965  41  84  128  02m57.0s
 10:34   36 57.9S 025 44.1W  38 05.1S 026 06.9W  37 31.4S 025 55.2W  0.966  43  82  126  02m57.5s
 10:36   37 01.1S 024 25.7W  38 08.1S 024 45.3W  37 34.5S 024 35.3W  0.966  44  81  125  02m58.0s
 10:38   37 03.0S 023 09.8W  38 09.7S 023 26.4W  37 36.3S 023 17.9W  0.966  46  80  124  02m58.4s
 10:40   37 03.7S 021 56.3W  38 10.1S 022 10.1W  37 36.8S 022 03.0W  0.967  47  78  123  02m58.8s

 10:42   37 03.2S 020 45.0W  38 09.3S 020 56.0W  37 36.2S 020 50.3W  0.967  48  77  122  02m59.2s
 10:44   37 01.7S 019 35.7W  38 07.4S 019 44.2W  37 34.5S 019 39.8W  0.967  50  75  121  02m59.6s
 10:46   36 59.2S 018 28.3W  38 04.5S 018 34.4W  37 31.8S 018 31.2W  0.967  51  74  120  03m00.0s
 10:48   36 55.8S 017 22.7W  38 00.6S 017 26.4W  37 28.1S 017 24.5W  0.967  52  73  119  03m00.3s
 10:50   36 51.4S 016 18.8W  37 55.8S 016 20.3W  37 23.5S 016 19.5W  0.968  54  71  118  03m00.7s
 10:52   36 46.2S 015 16.5W  37 50.1S 015 15.9W  37 18.1S 015 16.1W  0.968  55  70  118  03m01.0s
 10:54   36 40.1S 014 15.8W  37 43.6S 014 13.1W  37 11.8S 014 14.4W  0.968  56  69  117  03m01.3s
 10:56   36 33.3S 013 16.4W  37 36.3S 013 11.9W  37 04.8S 013 14.1W  0.968  57  67  116  03m01.6s
 10:58   36 25.8S 012 18.5W  37 28.3S 012 12.1W  36 57.0S 012 15.2W  0.968  58  66  116  03m01.8s
 11:00   36 17.5S 011 21.9W  37 19.5S 011 13.6W  36 48.5S 011 17.7W  0.968  59  64  115  03m02.1s

 11:02   36 08.6S 010 26.5W  37 10.1S 010 16.5W  36 39.3S 010 21.5W  0.969  60  63  114  03m02.3s
 11:04   35 58.9S 009 32.3W  37 00.0S 009 20.7W  36 29.4S 009 26.5W  0.969  61  61  114  03m02.5s
 11:06   35 48.7S 008 39.3W  36 49.2S 008 26.1W  36 18.9S 008 32.7W  0.969  63  60  113  03m02.7s
 11:08   35 37.8S 007 47.4W  36 37.8S 007 32.7W  36 07.8S 007 40.0W  0.969  64  58  113  03m02.9s
 11:10   35 26.4S 006 56.5W  36 25.9S 006 40.3W  35 56.1S 006 48.4W  0.969  65  56  113  03m03.1s
 11:12   35 14.4S 006 06.6W  36 13.3S 005 49.1W  35 43.8S 005 57.9W  0.969  66  54  112  03m03.2s
 11:14   35 01.8S 005 17.7W  36 00.3S 004 58.8W  35 31.0S 005 08.3W  0.969  67  53  112  03m03.4s
 11:16   34 48.7S 004 29.8W  35 46.6S 004 09.6W  35 17.6S 004 19.7W  0.969  68  51  111  03m03.5s
 11:18   34 35.1S 003 42.7W  35 32.5S 003 21.3W  35 03.7S 003 32.0W  0.969  69  49  111  03m03.6s
 11:20   34 20.9S 002 56.5W  35 17.9S 002 33.9W  34 49.4S 002 45.2W  0.970  69  47  111  03m03.7s

 11:22   34 06.3S 002 11.1W  35 02.7S 001 47.3W  34 34.5S 001 59.3W  0.970  70  44  110  03m03.7s
 11:24   33 51.2S 001 26.6W  34 47.1S 001 01.6W  34 19.1S 001 14.1W  0.970  71  42  110  03m03.8s
 11:26   33 35.6S 000 42.8W  34 31.1S 000 16.7W  34 03.3S 000 29.8W  0.970  72  39  110  03m03.8s
 11:28   33 19.6S 000 00.3E  34 14.6S 000 27.4E  33 47.0S 000 13.8E  0.970  73  37  110  03m03.9s
 11:30   33 03.1S 000 42.7E  33 57.6S 001 10.7E  33 30.3S 000 56.7E  0.970  74  34  110  03m03.9s
 11:32   32 46.2S 001 24.4E  33 40.2S 001 53.4E  33 13.2S 001 38.8E  0.970  75  31  110  03m03.9s
 11:34   32 28.9S 002 05.4E  33 22.4S 002 35.4E  32 55.6S 002 20.4E  0.970  75  27  109  03m03.9s
 11:36   32 11.2S 002 45.8E  33 04.2S 003 16.7E  32 37.7S 003 01.2E  0.970  76  24  109  03m03.8s
 11:38   31 53.0S 003 25.7E  32 45.6S 003 57.4E  32 19.3S 003 41.5E  0.970  77  20  109  03m03.8s
 11:40   31 34.5S 004 04.9E  32 26.6S 004 37.5E  32 00.5S 004 21.2E  0.970  77  16  109  03m03.7s

 11:42   31 15.5S 004 43.6E  32 07.2S 005 17.1E  31 41.3S 005 00.3E  0.970  78  11  109  03m03.7s
 11:44   30 56.2S 005 21.8E  31 47.4S 005 56.1E  31 21.8S 005 38.9E  0.970  78   6  109  03m03.6s
 11:46   30 36.5S 005 59.5E  31 27.3S 006 34.6E  31 01.8S 006 17.0E  0.970  79   1  109  03m03.5s
 11:48   30 16.4S 006 36.8E  31 06.7S 007 12.5E  30 41.5S 006 54.6E  0.970  79 355  109  03m03.4s
 11:50   29 55.9S 007 13.6E  30 45.9S 007 50.1E  30 20.8S 007 31.7E  0.970  79 350  109  03m03.3s
 11:52   29 35.0S 007 49.9E  30 24.6S 008 27.2E  29 59.8S 008 08.5E  0.970  79 344  109  03m03.2s
 11:54   29 13.8S 008 25.9E  30 03.0S 009 03.8E  29 38.4S 008 44.8E  0.970  79 338  110  03m03.1s
 11:56   28 52.3S 009 01.5E  29 41.0S 009 40.1E  29 16.6S 009 20.7E  0.970  79 332  110  03m03.0s
 11:58   28 30.3S 009 36.7E  29 18.7S 010 16.0E  28 54.5S 009 56.3E  0.970  79 326  110  03m02.9s
 12:00   28 08.0S 010 11.7E  28 56.0S 010 51.6E  28 32.0S 010 31.6E  0.970  79 320  110  03m02.7s

 12:02   27 45.4S 010 46.3E  28 33.0S 011 26.9E  28 09.1S 011 06.5E  0.970  78 315  110  03m02.6s
 12:04   27 22.3S 011 20.6E  28 09.6S 012 01.9E  27 46.0S 011 41.2E  0.970  78 310  111  03m02.4s
 12:06   26 59.0S 011 54.7E  27 45.9S 012 36.6E  27 22.4S 012 15.6E  0.970  77 306  111  03m02.3s
 12:08   26 35.3S 012 28.6E  27 21.9S 013 11.1E  26 58.5S 012 49.8E  0.970  77 301  111  03m02.1s
 12:10   26 11.2S 013 02.3E  26 57.5S 013 45.4E  26 34.3S 013 23.7E  0.970  76 297  111  03m01.9s
 12:12   25 46.7S 013 35.8E  26 32.7S 014 19.5E  26 09.7S 013 57.5E  0.970  76 294  112  03m01.8s
 12:14   25 21.9S 014 09.1E  26 07.6S 014 53.4E  25 44.7S 014 31.2E  0.970  75 290  112  03m01.6s
 12:16   24 56.8S 014 42.3E  25 42.2S 015 27.2E  25 19.4S 015 04.7E  0.970  74 287  113  03m01.4s
 12:18   24 31.2S 015 15.4E  25 16.3S 016 00.9E  24 53.7S 015 38.1E  0.969  73 285  113  03m01.2s
 12:20   24 05.4S 015 48.5E  24 50.2S 016 34.6E  24 27.7S 016 11.4E  0.969  72 282  114  03m01.0s

 12:22   23 39.1S 016 21.5E  24 23.7S 017 08.2E  24 01.3S 016 44.7E  0.969  72 280  114  03m00.8s
 12:24   23 12.5S 016 54.4E  23 56.8S 017 41.8E  23 34.6S 017 18.0E  0.969  71 278  115  03m00.6s
 12:26   22 45.4S 017 27.5E  23 29.5S 018 15.4E  23 07.4S 017 51.3E  0.969  70 276  115  03m00.4s
 12:28   22 18.0S 018 00.5E  23 01.9S 018 49.0E  22 39.9S 018 24.7E  0.969  69 274  116  03m00.2s
 12:30   21 50.2S 018 33.6E  22 33.8S 019 22.8E  22 12.0S 018 58.1E  0.969  68 272  116  03m00.0s
 12:32   21 22.0S 019 06.9E  22 05.4S 019 56.7E  21 43.7S 019 31.7E  0.969  67 271  117  02m59.8s
 12:34   20 53.4S 019 40.3E  21 36.6S 020 30.7E  21 14.9S 020 05.4E  0.969  66 269  118  02m59.6s
 12:36   20 24.4S 020 13.9E  21 07.4S 021 04.9E  20 45.8S 020 39.3E  0.968  65 268  118  02m59.4s
 12:38   19 54.9S 020 47.7E  20 37.7S 021 39.4E  20 16.3S 021 13.4E  0.968  64 266  119  02m59.2s
 12:40   19 25.0S 021 21.7E  20 07.7S 022 14.1E  19 46.3S 021 47.8E  0.968  63 265  120  02m59.0s

 12:42   18 54.7S 021 56.1E  19 37.2S 022 49.2E  19 15.8S 022 22.6E  0.968  62 264  121  02m58.8s
 12:44   18 23.9S 022 30.9E  19 06.2S 023 24.7E  18 45.0S 022 57.7E  0.968  61 263  122  02m58.6s
 12:46   17 52.6S 023 06.0E  18 34.7S 024 00.6E  18 13.6S 023 33.2E  0.968  60 262  122  02m58.4s
 12:48   17 20.7S 023 41.6E  18 02.8S 024 36.9E  17 41.7S 024 09.2E  0.968  59 261  123  02m58.2s
 12:50   16 48.4S 024 17.8E  17 30.4S 025 13.9E  17 09.3S 024 45.7E  0.967  57 260  124  02m58.0s
 12:52   16 15.6S 024 54.5E  16 57.4S 025 51.4E  16 36.4S 025 22.8E  0.967  56 259  125  02m57.8s
 12:54   15 42.1S 025 31.8E  16 23.8S 026 29.6E  16 02.9S 026 00.6E  0.967  55 258  126  02m57.6s
 12:56   15 08.1S 026 09.9E  15 49.7S 027 08.6E  15 28.9S 026 39.1E  0.967  54 258  127  02m57.4s
 12:58   14 33.5S 026 48.8E  15 15.0S 027 48.4E  14 54.2S 027 18.4E  0.967  53 257  128  02m57.2s
 13:00   13 58.2S 027 28.6E  14 39.6S 028 29.1E  14 18.9S 027 58.7E  0.966  51 256  130  02m57.0s

 13:02   13 22.3S 028 09.3E  14 03.6S 029 10.9E  13 42.9S 028 40.0E  0.966  50 256  131  02m56.8s
 13:04   12 45.6S 028 51.2E  13 26.8S 029 53.9E  13 06.1S 029 22.4E  0.966  49 255  132  02m56.6s
 13:06   12 08.1S 029 34.2E  12 49.3S 030 38.1E  12 28.6S 030 06.0E  0.966  48 254  133  02m56.4s
 13:08   11 29.8S 030 18.7E  12 10.9S 031 23.8E  11 50.3S 030 51.0E  0.965  46 254  135  02m56.2s
 13:10   10 50.6S 031 04.6E  11 31.7S 032 11.1E  11 11.1S 031 37.6E  0.965  45 253  136  02m56.0s
 13:12   10 10.5S 031 52.2E  10 51.4S 033 00.2E  10 30.9S 032 26.0E  0.965  43 253  137  02m55.8s
 13:14   09 29.3S 032 41.8E  10 10.2S 033 51.3E  09 49.7S 033 16.3E  0.964  42 252  139  02m55.6s
 13:16   08 47.0S 033 33.5E  09 27.8S 034 44.7E  09 07.3S 034 08.8E  0.964  40 252  140  02m55.4s
 13:18   08 03.4S 034 27.6E  08 44.1S 035 40.7E  08 23.7S 035 03.9E  0.964  39 251  142  02m55.2s
 13:20   07 18.5S 035 24.5E  07 59.0S 036 39.7E  07 38.7S 036 01.8E  0.963  37 251  143  02m55.0s

 13:22   06 32.0S 036 24.6E  07 12.4S 037 42.1E  06 52.1S 037 03.1E  0.963  36 251  145  02m54.8s
 13:24   05 43.8S 037 28.4E  06 23.9S 038 48.6E  06 03.8S 038 08.2E  0.963  34 250  147  02m54.6s
 13:26   04 53.6S 038 36.6E  05 33.4S 039 59.8E  05 13.5S 039 17.8E  0.962  32 250  149  02m54.4s
 13:28   04 01.1S 039 50.0E  04 40.5S 041 16.8E  04 20.7S 040 33.0E  0.962  30 250  151  02m54.1s
 13:30   03 05.8S 041 09.7E  03 44.6S 042 40.9E  03 25.2S 041 54.8E  0.961  28 249  153  02m53.9s
 13:32   02 07.2S 042 37.2E  02 45.2S 044 13.8E  02 26.2S 043 24.9E  0.961  26 249  155  02m53.7s
 13:34   01 04.5S 044 14.9E  01 41.1S 045 58.3E  01 22.8S 045 05.8E  0.960  23 249  158  02m53.4s
 13:36   00 03.8N 046 06.1E  00 30.8S 047 59.0E  00 13.6S 047 01.5E  0.959  21 249  160  02m53.1s
 13:38   01 19.8N 048 16.7E  00 48.6N 050 23.8E  01 04.0N 049 18.7E  0.958  18 249  163  02m52.8s
 13:40   02 47.8N 050 58.4E  02 23.8N 053 31.0E  02 35.2N 052 11.9E  0.957  14 249  167  02m52.4s

 13:42   04 39.6N 054 42.5E  04 38.8N 058 28.1E  04 36.1N 056 25.0E  0.956   9 249  171  02m51.9s

 Limits  08 30.8N 063 55.7E  07 04.1N 064 42.4E  07 47.5N 064 18.9E  0.954   0   -  179  02m51.0s

ΔT = -4.9 seconds


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Acknowledgments

Predictions for the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1879 Jan 22 were generated using the VSOP87/ELP2000-82 solar and lunar ephemerides and a value of ΔT = -4.9 seconds. The accuracy of the northern and southern edges of the eclipse path are limited to approximately 1-2 kilometers due to the lunar limb profile.

All eclipse calculations are by Fred Espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Permission is freely granted to reproduce this data when accompanied by an acknowledgment:

"Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC"

For more information, see: NASA Copyright Information

2009 Jun 11